Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

Lending standards tightened in July with the mortgage credit availability index (MCAI) dropping 9%, the largest monthly drop since April 2020, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). A decline of the index, benchmarked to 100 in March 2012, indicates lending standards are tightening while an increase suggests loosening credit.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with John Keratsis, President and CEO of Deephaven Mortgage, about the potential benefits of non-QM lending in today’s tight housing market. HousingWire: In today’s tight market, margin compression is impacting countless mortgage companies. You also have a mortgage market shrinking from $4.1

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Despite what they promised, we sit here today with the United States housing market outperforming all other economic sectors in the world during the pandemic. In order for the housing market to crash due to too many loans going into default when forbearance programs end, the number of loans in these programs needs to grow.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2022

Mortgage credit availability dropped in March, a sign that lenders tightened credit standards amid insufficient inventory of homes for sale and rising mortgage rates. A decline of the index, benchmarked to 100 in March 2012, indicates that lending standards are tightening while an increase suggests loosening credit.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

A decline of the index, benchmarked to 100 in March 2012, indicates lending standards are tightening, while an increase suggests loosening credit. . The monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) fell by 0.3% in June, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Credit availability was mixed by loan type.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

The Dallas Fed on Thursday published an article titled: Real-Time Market Monitoring Finds Signs Of a Brewing U.S. That’s not to say that the data points the Fed used are incorrect — in fact, we are in a savagely unhealthy housing market , but it’s not a bubble. Housing Bubble. I disagree with this conclusion. Let me explain.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2022

A decline of the index, benchmarked to 100 in March 2012, indicates lending standards are tightening while an increase suggests loosening credit. MBAs Market Composite Index dropped 6.5%, marking the lowest level in 22 years. to 120 in May, the lowest level since July 2021, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

The Federal Reserve ‘s decision to raise the federal funds rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday signaled that officials are still focused on bringing down inflation to 2% while monitoring how much recent bank failures slow lending in the economy and cool demand. In addition, U.S. The national median existing-home sale price fell 0.2%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Everywhere you look there seems to be bad news for the existing-home market — interest rates remain north of 7% and the median home price nears record levels at more than $410,000 as of June. below 4%) and today’s current market rates has created a so-called “lock-in effect.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

The monthly Employment Situation Summary news release based on the CES data is regarded as a key report in gauging the health of the overall job market. The first category is real estate credit, which covers most establishments focused on lending with real estate as collateral.

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Boston Appraisal

JULY 22, 2019

The housing market across the country, and especially in Boston and New England, is experiencing a growth trend that’s accelerated over the last few years. With this apprehension in mind, we’ll discuss some of the things to expect from the housing market in the second half of 2019, going into 2020. in the previous month.

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Boston Appraisal

JULY 22, 2019

The housing market across the country, and especially in Boston and New England, is experiencing a growth trend that’s accelerated over the last few years. With this apprehension in mind, we’ll discuss some of the things to expect from the housing market in the second half of 2019, going into 2020. in the previous month.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2023

The opening months of the Seattle/King County housing market can best be expressed as sparks of activity within a mostly tentative purchasing environment. Sellers who priced their homes appropriately enjoyed busy open houses in their first weekend on the market followed by multiple offers. decline over the 12 months ending March 2012.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

While the position of the Fund has strengthened in recent years and continues to do so largely as the result of a robust housing market driven by low inventory, low interest rates, and solid home-price appreciation, there are many reasons to proceed cautiously and to continue to prepare for the unexpected. billion draw on the U.S.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 8, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Non-lender appraisals, dealing with lender hassles, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = $36M Beachfront Beauty on Maui Hawaii Excerpts: What exactly makes this oceanside manse on Maui so desirable? Investor purchases of U.S.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Today, they are becoming popular to get extra rentals in markets low on housing. Some appraisers, a true minority, have been able to transition to private, non-mortgage-lending appraisal work, but that’s not as easy as some advocate. Some types of non-lender appraisals have little competition, and marketing can be done quickly.

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